Im Schatten des Shogun
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Le Samourai et le Shogun
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Kang samurai
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柳生一族の陰謀
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Le Samouraï et le Shogun
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The Yagyu Conspiracy
director:
Kinji Fukasaku
playwright:
Kinji Fukasaku
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Tatsuo Nogami
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Hirō Matsuda
actor:
Kinnosuke Nakamura
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Sonny Chiba
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Hiroki Matsukata
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Teruhiko Saigō
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Reiko Ōhara
…
genre:
Action
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Drama
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Adventure
language:
Japanese
release date:
1978-01-21
(Release)
IMDb: tt0078513
柳生一族の陰謀
overview
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.